CHEOPS: the job costing, contract administration and financial accounting system for contractors > sub-contractors > developers > project managers
Cheops is the Job Costing, Contract Administration and Financial Accounting system which offers an integrated solution for use by Building and Engineering Contractors of all types including Developers, Project Managers, Construction Managers and Specialist Sub-Contractors.
Cheops, like all CSSP Software, has been developed by people who know the detailed requirements of the Construction Industry from first hand experience.
The main features of Cheops are outlined below. To obtain further information see the Contact Us section or contact
one of our listed Offices
PROJECT BUDGET
- Flexible Cost Coding structure
- Unlimited User defined Resource Categories (eg Materials, Labour, Sub-Contract etc)
- Budgets can be entered as Lump Sum Amounts against a Resource Category or Individual Resources, or transferred from an Estimating System.
PURCHASING
- Order amount updates Committed Costs
- Purchase Order printing to user defined layout
- Order value checked against remaining Budget
- Option to track Deliveries against Orders
- Integrated with Job Costing and Accounts Payable
SUB-CONTRACTS
- Lump Sum and/or Schedule of Rates/Bills of Quantities Contracts
- Retention and/or Bank Guarantee details
- Progress Payments can be entered by Amount, Percentage or Quantity and allows processing both Claimed and Approved values, net or gross
- Fully integrated with Variations Module
- Produces Adjustment Advice Notices, Application Advice Notices and Authenticated Tax Receipts
- Integrated with Job Costing and Accounts Payable
VARIATIONS
- User defined Variation Types and Categories
- Budgets and Actuals can be separately maintained for each Variation or spread over original Cost Codes
- Sub-Contract component linked to Sub-Contracts Module maintaining the adjusted Contract Sum for each Sub-Contract
- Integrated with Head Contract Progress Claims/Interim Applications
LABOUR COSTING
- Detailed Labour Costing by Timesheets, Journals or direct interface with Payroll Module
- Labour Costs including hours by Staff and/or Cost Code
- Multiple hourly rates per Staff per Project if required
JOB COSTING
- On-line updating of Budget, Committed, Incurred and Actual Costs by Cost Code
- Forecasting by
- Costs to Complete
- Estimated Final Cost
- Earned Value (Percentage, Quantity or Amount)
- Standard and User defined reports
ACCOUNTS PAYABLE
- Invoices matched against Purchase Orders and/or Delivery Dockets
- Separate discount and payment terms per Creditor
- Computer printed Cheques and Remittances
- Direct Debit (EFT) Payments
- Manual Cheques
- Integrated with Job Costing and General/Nominal Ledger
ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE / PROGRESS CLAIMS / INTERIM APPLICATIONS
- Detailed Progress Claim Schedules based on either
- Cost Codes
- Bill of Quantities
- User Defined Schedule - (eg Milestones)
- Claim details by Percentage, Amounts or Quantities
- Facility for claiming Contract Variations and/or Materials on/off Site
- Automatic adjustment once Payment Certificate details are recorded
- Sundry Invoices for non-claim Invoices
- Retention and/or Bank Guarantee details
- Integrated with General/Nominal Ledger
STATUTORY TAXATION
- Country specific WHT, CIS etc including statutory reporting, reconciliation and validation of deductions
- Country specific Consumption Tax facilities (GST, VAT etc) including statutory reporting, reconciliation and validation of amounts
- Changes in statutory values (eg Percentage Rate Charge) can be entered by the customer
GENERAL / NOMINAL LEDGER
- Flexible Chart of Account structure
- Consolidation of Multiple Divisions and/or Companies if required
- Bank Reconciliation
- All periods in current and next year open if required
- General Journals, Standing Journals and Cost Allocation facilities
- Audit Trails and Security
- Report Writer
- Fully integrated with all Modules
PLANT MODULE - OPTIONAL
- Module for tracking Plant running expenses and Plant profitability
- Service and Maintenance History Register and Report
- Service Due Report
- Integrated with Asset Register
ASSET REGISTER - OPTIONAL
- Unique identification of Assets
- Book and Tax Depreciation calculations
- Disposal and movement of Assets
- Integrated with Job Costing and General/Nominal Ledger
PAYROLL - OPTIONAL
- Salary and Wages employees
- Full Pay History
- User defined Additions/Deductions
- Direct Debit (EFT) payments
- Integrated with Job Costing and General/Nominal Ledger
STOCK MODULE - OPTIONAL
- Stock Procurement
- Stock Issues using FIFO
- Stocktaking and Stock Reservations
- Direct sales including Invoice printing and Stock Adjustments
PROJECT REPORT - OPTIONAL
- Enhanced Project and Project Costing reporting
- Multiple Templates to cater for specific Management, Project or Client requirements
- User defined presentation quality output
- Extremely flexible and configurable
DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT - OPTIONAL
- A comprehensive facility for tracking the creation, distribution and modification of Documents
- Central Register of Documents and Amendments
- Document distribution management
- Customised Standard Forms and Registers
- Audit Trails
REPORTING
- One step exporting to EXCEL, HTML, XML, PDF, RTF, or TXT
- Preview on screen or send direct to printer
- Configurable header information and data appearance
- Company logos set per Company or per Project
- Configurable heading level colours
ELECTRONIC TRADING
- All reports may be exported and e-mailed including:
- Purchase Orders
- Payment Advice Notices
- EFT Payments
- Email sent if Purchse Order Limit exceeded
- Electronic cross referencing to source data (eg Original Creditor's Invoice)
FLEXIBLE SOFTWARE
CSSP's integrated software is designed to run on a broad range of hardware under Microsoft Windows.
To provide maximum flexibility and protect your investment, Cheops is:
- Transportable: Capable of operating on a wide range of hardware platforms.
- Scaleable: Offering the ability to grow from a single user to hundreds of users over multiple sites.
- Integrated: Written to a common set of standards to allow interaction between systems.
INCREASED PRODUCTIVITY
By reducing manual tasks and eliminating duplication of effort, CSSP Software increases the efficiency, productivity and therefore profitability of Construction Industry organisations, whatever their size, scope and area of operation.
WHY CSSP?
- High productivity
- Cost-efficiency
- Upgrade path protects your investment
- Internationally based organisation
- Leaders in integrated software
- Construction Industry background
- Worldwide support
- Professional, experienced support team
UPDATE & SUPPORT PROGRAM
Provides the customer with access to telephone support, online support and updates.
YOU'RE INVITED
At CSSP we are pleased to talk to you about any of our products, and to provide a no obligation demonstration to you and your organisation.
Simply contact CSSP to arrange a meeting.
